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In how many minutes will the bath be filled?

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You have accidentally left out the plug and are attempting to fill the bath with both 2 taps full on. The hot tap takes 6 minutes to fill the bath, the cold tap takes 4 minutes, and the water empties through the plug hole in 12 minutes.

In how many minutes will the bath be filled?

posted Feb 24, 2015 by Maninder Bath

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In 3 minutes
1/6 + 1/4 -1/12 = 0.333
so 1/0.333 = 3
So in 3 minutes the bath be filled

answer Feb 24, 2015 by Jaspalsingh Parmar



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